diff --git a/src/en/dynasty/build.gradle b/src/en/dynasty/build.gradle
index ff0455cc7..b75b8eb58 100644
--- a/src/en/dynasty/build.gradle
+++ b/src/en/dynasty/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ext {
     extName = 'Dynasty'
     pkgNameSuffix = 'en.dynasty'
     extClass = '.DynastyFactory'
-    extVersionCode = 11
+    extVersionCode = 12
     libVersion = '1.2'
 }
 
diff --git a/src/en/dynasty/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/dynasty/DynastyChapters.kt b/src/en/dynasty/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/dynasty/DynastyChapters.kt
index b0f21796c..1ac7c34ed 100644
--- a/src/en/dynasty/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/dynasty/DynastyChapters.kt
+++ b/src/en/dynasty/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/dynasty/DynastyChapters.kt
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.model.FilterList
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.model.SChapter
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.model.SManga
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.util.asJsoup
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
-import java.util.Locale
 import okhttp3.Request
 import okhttp3.Response
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document
@@ -71,9 +69,7 @@ class DynastyChapters : DynastyScans() {
         val chapter = SChapter.create()
         chapter.setUrlWithoutDomain(element.baseUri())
         chapter.name = element.select("h3").text()
-        chapter.date_upload = element.select("span.released")?.first().let {
-            SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yy", Locale.ENGLISH).parse(it!!.text()).time
-        }
+        chapter.date_upload = element.select("span.released").firstOrNull()?.text().toDate("MMM dd, yyyy")
         return chapter
     }
 
diff --git a/src/en/dynasty/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/dynasty/DynastyScans.kt b/src/en/dynasty/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/dynasty/DynastyScans.kt
index 8195874e8..8d4addde9 100644
--- a/src/en/dynasty/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/dynasty/DynastyScans.kt
+++ b/src/en/dynasty/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/dynasty/DynastyScans.kt
@@ -147,12 +147,22 @@ abstract class DynastyScans : ParsedHttpSource() {
                 chapter.name += " and ${nodes[nodes.indexOfPartial(" and ") + 1]}"
             }
         }
-        chapter.date_upload = nodes[nodes.indexOfPartial("released")].let {
-            SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd yy", Locale.ENGLISH).parse(it.substringAfter("released ").replace("\'", "")).time
-        }
+        chapter.date_upload = nodes[nodes.indexOfPartial("released")]
+            .substringAfter("released ")
+            .replace("\'", "")
+            .toDate("MMM dd yy")
         return chapter
     }
 
+    protected fun String?.toDate(pattern: String): Long {
+        this ?: return 0
+        return try {
+            SimpleDateFormat(pattern, Locale.ENGLISH).parse(this)?.time ?: 0
+        } catch (_: Exception) {
+            0
+        }
+    }
+
     override fun pageListParse(document: Document): List<Page> {
         val pages = mutableListOf<Page>()
         try {